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Chieko Osugi

Professional Teacher

Teaches

Japanese

Native

English

Speaks

Filipino (Tagalog)

Hungarian

Indonesian

Spanish

Tamil

Enjoy speaking Japanese! Japanese is FUN!! (See Youtube @chiekoosugi233)

Teaches

Japanese

Native

English

Speaks

Filipino (Tagalog)

Hungarian

Indonesian

Spanish

Tamil

Enjoy speaking Japanese! Japanese is FUN!! (See Youtube @chiekoosugi233)

About Me

Me as a Teacher

My lessons & teaching style

Resume & Certificates

From JapanLiving in Other, New Zealand (02:45 UTC+13:00)

About Me

italki teacher since Jan 26, 2015

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I was born in Kyoto, Japan and raised there. I've lived in many countries by now such as USA (Pennsylvania, Vermont), The Philippines, Indonesia, Tunisia, India, Uruguay, Hungary. And now I live in Japan and New Zealand half and half. In some countries, I worked as a project coordinator of Japan's Official Development Assistance projects. I totally enjoyed the nature of this job, working together with the local people; living in different cultures; being emerged in new languages. I enjoy learning foreign languages. I've studied about ten different languages like English, Spanish, Tagalog (Pilipino), Bahasa Indonesia, Hungarian, Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese), French, German, and Tamil.

Me as a Teacher

I've got many years of experience. My first experience was in the Philippines. I was a volunteer sent by the Japanese government and taught at the Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. My students at that time were all adults mainly government officials. After that I went to New Zealand to continue teaching Japanese at a university and also secondary schools. Upon returning to Japan, I taught English to the young Japanese volunteers who were going out to some developing countries for their tasks. Aside from the many years of teaching experiences, my knowledge of multiple languages helps understand the students' psychology and I can help them effectively.

My lessons & teaching style

My lessons are various depending on a student. I try to cater the student's need and likes. Many of my students are focusing on their speaking ability. So they prepare their topics to talk about. Some students like to read a Japanese novels, so we read the same book together and discuss about the book in class. Some students write essays before the class and we discuss the writing. The speed of class is also varies. Some students want to take their time, so we go slow. Some others are eager to learn as much as possible in a short time, so we go very fast. Some students find most of the existing Japanese textbooks boring, so they find some other reading materials, like Manga!

My teaching material

Homework Assignments

Certificates

Certificate of appreciation - Foreign Service Institute - 2015

Certificate verified

Education

2015 - 2017

Master's - International administrationSchool for International Training

2015 - 2017

Doctorate - International CommunicationGraduate School of International Development

Work Experience

2015 - Current

LecturerUniversity of Waikato - Hamilton, New Zealand

5.0

Rating

543

Students

5,216

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

99%

Response rate

5.0

Rating

543

Students

5216

Lessons

100%

Attendance rate

99%

Response rate

Japanese Lessons

Japanese

English

Trial Lesson

355 lessons completed

USD 15.00+

Set your own goals, and let's attack them together!

A1 - C2

Conversation

4,092 lessons completed

USD 15.00+

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Preben

149 Japanese lessons

Teacher’s pick

In today's lesson I prepared a short story on how when I was a young kid I fell asleep on the boat while traveling alone for the first time, ending up in the wrong city. Chieko helped me correct it, and also provided input on more appropriate words to use. We also worked a bit with new patterns in the textbook. I enjoy our conversations and I learn a lot from them!

May 1, 2018

Geri Coady

90 Japanese lessons

Teacher’s pick

My lesson was fun as always and I've been feeling a little better about my listening comprehension lately. I still struggle when watching TV, news, as expected, but conversationally/face-to-face I feel more positive. :) We talked about work, and my upcoming shamisen lesson (which was amazing and can't wait to talk about next time)!

Jan 9, 2018

Tessa Gerster

4 Japanese lessons

J'aime beaucoup la méthode de Chieko-san. En parallèle de nos conversations, elle écrit les choses importantes afin que je puisse les réviser, et me fait pratiquer également la lecture. Par ailleurs, elle est toujours très encourageante, et j'ai du plaisir à apprendre avec elle!

Mar 13, 2026

Magison

107 Japanese lessons

Teacher’s pick

Thank you for a very special lesson for me today! It was really nice from you to introduce me to Azuma-San! And warm thanks to her for asking about my daily life :)

Apr 1, 2018

kaki

59 Japanese lessons

ありがとうございました! 今日もたくさんの言葉を学びました。また来週☺️

Mar 15, 2026

Hunt Sparra

3 Japanese lessons

As of the time of writing, I have had one trial lesson and an hour long lesson with Chieko. I was very nervous to speak to someone in Japanese for the first time, but Chieko set me at ease and at the end of my lessons I am always excited to learn more. I have a long way to go in learning Japanese, but, in just the hour and a half of lessons I've had, I already feel that I've become much more comfortable with with speaking. I credit that to Chieko's ability to listen to her students and guide them towards their goals. All this is to say: I am very grateful for Chieko and her lessons!

Mar 12, 2026